UnkieMotorhead's Skunkworkz
Formative Years in the '60s and '70s. Yup, I'm that old. :o)
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Formative Years in the '60s and '70s. Yup, I'm that old. :o)
Unlimited Hydro & Assorted Outboard APBA Kilo Records Photos 3/13/04 <<and video link added 4/2/04>>
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Sorensen D / 44 Hydro
The Merc 650 Art Motor
Mark78H Art Motor
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da Barn
Loyd's Estate Archeology Project
Mr. Konig
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Very cool old stuff I first started playing with.....when I first contracted this disease.  :o) .   First quicksilver lower unit in about '68 was a mind expanding thing yup!  I've got several other late  '60s weird and wonderful boats captured on photos around here somewhere....check back.
 
Check this out:   these are photos taken of 35mm transparencies with a digital camera.....nooo, not what you'd get with a pro scanning tool, but surprizingly good considering.....

THE FIRST BOAT
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yeehaaa! Mebbe I was 15? Had to jack the motor way up to get it to go.

Started out with this Minimax.
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1st with a 7.5 Firestone, & then w/my 1st Mk20....about 35mph

350cc alky DeSliva....refinished + new bottom
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mebbe 40mph w/mk20 quickilver....narrow bottom for far higher speeds

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Pop Mechanics hydro, mk20
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Um, I thought 3pt boats would be faster... :o)

30 mph at 5600' up in the Sierra
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Helmet? What Helmet? We ain't got to show you no steekin......

Megaphone exhaust on a Mk20.
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It'd haul three people, and you know the noise.

PriceCraft 25ssR
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Superhandling, but a wee bit slow on long courses

ASR built by Dutch Sandison
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veerryy ugly but functional boat for A. Too weird for 25ss

Built this Hal Kelly OK JU.
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35mph w/mk20, 45mph w/quicksilver unit! Yikes!

River Rat Days.....mebbe 1968
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Early quicksilver lower unit experience....HalKelly Jupter in back.

1st ASH for APBA stock
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Hedlund with modified nose.

Hedlund 25ssH
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Ugly but fast enough... :o)

New Sorensen 9'2" 25ss/A hydro
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Small boat....OK when I was smaller too.....

Sorenson 25ssH at Lodi
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